Early Oscars presented at 2nd Governors Awards (AP)

Film historian and preservationist Kevin Brownlow, director Jean-Luc Godard and character actor Eli Wallach are to receive Oscar statuettes Saturday evening at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' second annual Governors Awards.

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Director-producer Francis Ford Coppola is also to be presented with the academy's Irving G. Thalberg award at the private black-tie dinner at Hollywood & Highland's Grand Ballroom, which is adjacent to the Kodak Theatre, home of the Academy Awards. The academy established its Governors Awards last year to pay tribute to winners of honorary Oscars and the Thalberg bust — prizes previously presented during the Academy Awards telecast. Academy President Tom Sherak said the new, non-televised Governors Awards allow the academy to honor more artists with more in-depth presentations.

Early Oscars presented at 2nd Governors Awards (AP)